I'm betting on the rear axle. I suspect missing teeth on a ring gear (or spider gears if its an open differential) and the broken chunks floating around in the housing caused the near lock up.
The sad part is that if you broke the rear axle under power, you probably hurt the overrunning clutch as well, and it will fail the next time your pushing the car a bit hard.
Sounds like you have a good wife, do whatever you need to do so she stays around, good and understanding ones are rare to come by. Gene
That's what I'm thinking too, ring and pinion. No experiences to go off of just a feeling I guess. Im still hoping for the best though. I want to say there was a rotating scraping sound too. I happened so quickly though and I had so many thoughts flying through my head I probably missed some details.
I was already planning on sending the trans back to the builder to have the governor adjusted since I went to a steeper gear and stronger motor. If I drain the fluid and the inspection and checks show the rear to be OK I can have him go through the trans again. Everything I've read says exactly what you did about the overrunning clutch too so I'd have it checked out just to be safe.
